Oracle Monitoring Compared

# Datadog graphs your database.
TuneVault operates it.

Generic APMs treat Oracle as one of 600 integrations. We treat it as the only thing that matters. Honest feature matrix — including the rows where they win.

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### 🔷 Where they win — and why it doesn't matter for Oracle shops

Datadog and Grafana win on multi-platform coverage, dashboards-as-code, and ecosystem breadth. If you're monitoring Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres, MySQL, and your Oracle DB in the same tool — they're the right choice for that layer. Same for Zabbix on heterogeneous infrastructure. We don't do any of that.

But for an Oracle shop with 20–200 databases where Oracle is the business-critical system? Depth beats breadth. A Grafana Oracle dashboard can show you that tablespace usage is at 87%. TuneVault shows you which objects are growing fastest, what SQL is bloating TEMP, and gives you the exact `ALTER TABLESPACE` command to run — before the pager goes off.

Feature Matrix

## Concrete capabilities — no marketing fluff

Checked against each tool's public documentation. Oracle checks = dedicated, Oracle-specific out-of-the-box coverage (not exporters or plugins you build yourself).

Capability | TuneVault | Datadog DBM | Grafana + Prometheus | Zabbix | Oracle OEM | ManageEngine AM
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Oracle Depth
Oracle-native checks out of the boxDedicated Oracle diagnostics, not generic DB metrics | ✓ 200+ checks & ops | ~30 metrics (wait events, top SQL) | ~20 metrics (exporter-dependent) | ~25 metrics (community template) | Deep (UI+scripts) | ~40 metrics
EBS detection + Concurrent Manager analysisCM load, backlog, inactive status, long-running requests | ✓ 100+ EBS checks | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Plugin (OEM for EBS) | ✕
OPP / OACore / ADOP / Workflow analyzersEBS application-tier health, patch session state, WF Mailer queue | ✓ Native | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Partial (scripts) | ✕
Tablespace fragmentation + segment-level growth forecastLargest objects, growth rate, days-to-full estimate | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Basic | Basic
SQL Tuning Advisor wrapper + outline/profile recommendationsAI-generated index, rewrite, and hint recommendations per statement | ✓ AI-powered | Top SQL (no fix text) | ✕ | ✕ | SQL Advisor (AWR) | ✕
AI-generated remediation commandsExact SQL/shell commands to fix each finding, not just descriptions | ✓ Only TuneVault | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕
Locked rows + library cache miss + redo contention root-causeBlocking session chains, parse/execute ratios, redo log contention | ✓ | Wait events only | Wait events only | Wait events only | ✓ | Basic sessions
RMAN backup validation + retention policy auditLast backup status, gap detection, retention violations | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | Basic (community) | ✓ | Basic
Listener + TNS + ASM diskgroup healthListener status, TNS resolution, ASM free space, rebalance status | ✓ | ✕ | Exporter-dependent | Basic | ✓ | Basic
Patch advisory (CPU/PSU gap analysis)19c, 21c, 23ai, 12.2 DB + EBS 12.2 patch gap detection | ✓ Quarterly-refreshed | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | Basic | ✕
Operations & DBA Workflow
Agent install required on DB hostIs any software required on the monitored server? | ✓ No agent needed | ✕ Agent required | ✕ Exporter required | ✕ Agent required | ✕ OMS + agent | ✕ Agent required
Time to first findingFrom "I have a DB connection string" to seeing diagnostic results | ✓ < 5 minutes | Hours (dashboard build) | Days (exporter + dashboards) | Hours (template + config) | Days (OMS deploy) | Hours (install + config)
PDF + XLSX stakeholder report exportOne-click audit-ready reports with findings, scores, recommendations | ✓ Included | PDF dashboards only | PDF dashboards only | ✕ | Basic reports | Basic reports
TuneOps incident ticketing + approval gatesDB-native incident workflow: create, assign, approve, execute | ✓ Built-in | ✕ (integrates to PD) | ✕ (integrates to AM) | Basic alerting | Incident manager | Basic alerting
Autonomous monitoring + delta alertingScheduled runs, only alerts on new/changed findings (no alert storms) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓
Platform & Pricing
Pricing modelHow you get charged | Per-connection flat From $49/conn/mo | Per host + custom metrics + APM seat | Open source (infra cost + time) | Open source (infra cost + time) | Free (with Oracle license) + OMS cost | Per instance/yr or subscription
Multi-database platform supportMySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, MongoDB, etc. | Oracle only | ✓ 15+ databases | ✓ 100+ exporters | ✓ Many DB types | Oracle only | ✓ 150+ technologies
Dashboards-as-code / GitOps monitoringVersion-controlled dashboards, infra-as-code workflow | ✕ Not the use case | ✓ Terraform provider | ✓ Grafana SDK | Partial | ✕ | ✕
REST API for programmatic accessPull check results, query findings, integrate with CI/CD | ✓ v1 API included | ✓ | ✓ HTTP API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓

Cost Reality Check

## What a 20-DB Oracle shop actually pays

Numbers based on public pricing pages as of 2026. Datadog DBM pricing referenced from their published per-host rates.

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### Datadog DBM for 20 Oracle databases costs ~$6,000/month

Database Monitoring is $70/host/month at public list price for DBM Pro. For 20 Oracle instances that's $1,400/month — before APM seats, log ingestion, infrastructure hosts, or custom metrics. Full-stack Datadog for an Oracle shop runs $5,000–$10,000+/month. That's the honest number.

Datadog — 20 Oracle DBs

#### ~$6,000 /month

DBM Pro: $70 × 20 hosts = $1,400
Infrastructure: $18 × 20 hosts = $360
APM (3 DBA seats): ~$150/seat = $450
Log ingestion (moderate): ~$800/month
Custom metrics overhead: ~$600/month
APM hosts (app servers): scales separately
Based on Datadog public pricing (May 2026). Annual commit may reduce by 15-20%.
TuneVault — 20 Oracle DBs

#### ~$580 /month

Business tier: $29/conn/month × 20 = $580
Oracle-native checks: 200+ included
EBS operations: included
AI remediation: included
Team seats: included (Business tier)
Reports + API: included
All checks included at every tier. No per-metric or per-seat charges. Annual billing saves 20%.

How to think about it

## Three positions worth keeping

These aren't marketing lines. They're the mental model DBAs use when they end up using both.

If you already have Datadog for your app stack — keep it. Add TuneVault for the database layer it can't see.

On Datadog + TuneVault

Grafana shows you the symptom. TuneVault tells you the fix.

On Grafana vs TuneVault

OEM is free if your DBA's time is free.

On Oracle OEM vs TuneVault

FAQ

## Questions about this comparison

Yes — and for many Oracle shops, that's the right call. Datadog is excellent for your application stack: APM traces, infrastructure metrics, log pipelines, dashboards-as-code. TuneVault covers the database layer Datadog can't see: 200+ Oracle-native health checks, EBS Concurrent Manager / ADOP / Workflow analysis, SQL tuning with AI-generated fix commands, tablespace fragmentation, RMAN validation, and patch gap analysis. They complement each other without overlap.
You can — and you'll spend 2–3 weeks doing it. Grafana + Prometheus requires an Oracle exporter, metric cardinality tuning, dashboard templating, alert rule authoring, and ongoing maintenance when Oracle versions change. TuneVault ships 200+ checks out of the box, with EBS detection, AI remediation text, and PDF export on day one. Grafana shows you the symptom. TuneVault tells you the fix.
Zabbix has community templates for Oracle Database metrics, but it has no native Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) support. EBS-specific checks — Concurrent Manager health, OPP status, Workflow Mailer queue depth, ADOP patch session state, Apps tier middleware — require custom scripting. TuneVault detects EBS automatically via the APPS schema probe and runs 100+ EBS-specific checks without any configuration.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is a full lifecycle management platform — provisioning, patching, RMAN, change management. It's powerful and free with your Oracle license. The cost is setup time (days to weeks), an OMS server to maintain, and agents on every monitored host. TuneVault connects in under 5 minutes, requires no agents, and focuses on operational intelligence: health diagnostics, SQL tuning, EBS ops, and incident management. OEM is free if your DBA's time is free.
ManageEngine Applications Manager monitors Oracle Database instances alongside 100+ other technologies — JVM, WebLogic, MySQL, AWS, etc. It provides good broad coverage for IT ops teams. TuneVault is purpose-built for Oracle DBA teams: deeper Oracle-specific checks, EBS operations (Concurrent Manager, ADOP, Workflow), SQL tuning with AI-generated index and rewrite recommendations, and a DBA-oriented workflow with TuneOps ticketing and approval gates.
No. TuneVault is Oracle-only: Oracle Database 12c, 19c, 21c, 23ai (23c), and Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2. We don't support MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MongoDB. If you need multi-database monitoring, tools like Datadog DBM or ManageEngine AM are better fits. We focus exclusively on Oracle so we can go 10× deeper than any general-purpose tool.

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